Review #11: Amrut Fusion

I’ll be honest: I was a skeptic for a while before we bought the Amrut Fusion 2 years ago. I had had Indian rum in the form of Old Monk, which held the reign as the world’s top selling dark rum until more recently. It tasted like cough syrup.

But since then, it’s become one of my favorites. It’s also a fantastic bottle to have on hand for friends that visit and inevitably one will ask “what should I have that is interesting?” It’s exotic (“No seriously, India makes really good whisky! Try it!!!”) and it’s such an easy-drinker. The peat is not very noticeable, which makes it an excellent choice for whisky newbies that may otherwise be turned off by a medicinal Laphroaig or Ardbeg.

*Update: According to the reddit thread, your mileage may vary because the quality is notoriously inconsistent.